{"id":192329,"date":"2025-10-05T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192329\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:06:07","slug":"blue-jays-rookie-trey-yesavage-makes-mlb-history-with-electric-start-vs-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192329\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Rookie Trey Yesavage Makes MLB History With Electric Start vs. Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trey Yesavage made his first career postseason start on Sunday, and boy did he make it count. <\/p>\n

The 22-year-old was called on by the Toronto Blue Jays to start Game 2 of the American League Division Series, and the team’s top prospect more than lived up to his billing. Yesavage was electric, and broke the franchise’s record for strikeouts in a postseason start by the fourth inning. <\/p>\n

The righty set, tied, or approached several MLB records during his outing, in which he struck out 11, walked one and didn\u2019t give up a single hit over 5 1\/3 innings pitched.. <\/p>\n

He was the second-youngest player in history to have 10 or more strikeouts in a postseason game. Only John Candelaria was younger during Game 3 of the 1975 NL CS. <\/p>\n

In the third and fourth innings, Yesavage struck out all six batters he faced. Those six strikeouts in a row also set an MLB postseason record.<\/a><\/p>\n

He notched his ninth strikeout in the top of the fourth inning, breaking the Blue Jays’ record for strikeouts in a postseason game, passing four players tied with eight<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Additionally, his 10 strikeouts through four innings are the most in postseason history, tied with Patrick Corbin’s <\/a>start in Game 4 of the 2019 NLCS.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays selected Yesavage with the 20th pick in the 2024 MLB draft. The East Carolina product was among the top players available, and Toronto inked him to a $4.1 million signing bonus. <\/p>\n

He opened his professional career in A ball this year and climbed four levels over the course of 25 starts. Overall, he went 5-1 with a 3.12 ERA, a 0.97 WHIP, and 160 strikeouts against 41 walks in 98 minor league innings. <\/p>\n

MLB Pipeline had him as the 26th-ranked prospect in all of baseball and the top youngster in Toronto’s system. <\/p>\n

The Blue Jays called Yesavage up to the big leagues on September 15 when he made his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays. In five starts, he went 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and 16 strikeouts against seven walks in 14 innings. That late-season showing earned him a spot in the team’s postseason rotation. <\/p>\n

He made the most of it on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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